We praise the Lord and are so thankful to Him that during 2021,
Tens of thousands more have heard the Gospel and accepted the Lord Jesus Christ through the ministry in the three nations of India, Pakistan, and Kenya.
Independent Church in India was able to begin supporting 55 new indigenous missionaries in the field. We were able to provide one van, two jeeps and 16 motorbikes for missionaries in the field.
We were able to provide helps for many children and families trapped in slavery and persecuted
Christians in India and Pakistan.
ICII’s Bible colleges have been training 250 students in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Bihar, Punjab, and in Pakistan. We started three new extension colleges holding online classes through Zoom.
ICII started three new cable TV network extensions in Pakistan and one in India. We began production on a new Bible video of the Gospel of John in ten languages.
ICII was able to start six new Freedom Centers in India and one in Pakistan to teach and care for children involved in or at serious risk of trafficking.
We were able to restart our Vacation Bible School program in India, which was suspended in 2020 due to COVID. We were able to minister to about 12,000 children in India. We were able to take in eight more kids to our children’s homes. Also a orphanage was started for 17 girls who were rescued out of temple prostitution and human trafficking.
Even during the COVID lockdowns in India, we were able to continue providing food, blankets, and medical needs for leprosy colonies. We also were able to station a missionary team in a leprosy colony to establish a medical clinic and schooling for the children.
We were able to provide food for pastors in 10 Indian states, and also clothing, blankets, medical care and more for thousands of homeless, blind, deaf, widows, leprosy victims, COVID-19 victims, and needy.
Prayer Requests:
In 2022 please partner with us by praying for the following:
Please continue to pray for the advance of the Gospel in India, Pakistan, and Kenya, and that hundreds of thousands of souls will accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior this year through the Gospel work of Independent Church In India (ICII).
That God will add to our team more sponsored native pastors and missionaries in India, Pakistan and Africa. Pray for their protection and safety, and that God will supply for ministry equipment and their needs.
That God will help ICII expand into more of the least evangelized areas of northern India and plant or partner with more missionaries there.
That God will provide ICII with more four-wheel drive vehicles for our teams in India and Pakistan to reach inaccessible areas for evangelism and church planting.
That we can complete more Bible videos and more verse-by-verse Bible study books in more languages in India, Pakistan and Africa.
That we can extend ICII’s TV channels to broadcast our video Bible books, tracts, and Gospel programming on new cable television networks in unreached region of Pakistan and India.
For the Lord to help us rescue more girls from sex trafficking in India and help us establish a shelter for rescued girls.
That God will provide for new Freedom Schools, Freedom Centers, and Freedom Homes for children in India, Pakistan and Kenya who are at risk of or involved in child labor or other trafficking.
That He will help us set up at least four Gospel-oriented emergency ambulance services in remote areas to help the critically ill or injured and to share Christ patients and their families.
